Table 3.

Results on length of hospitalization, total length of hospitalization and recurrence of pain

Study comparisons	Moraes et al[15]			Jacobson et al[16]		Sathlaraj et al[17]
Type of diet	Solid	Soft	Liquid	Solid	Liquid	Soft	Liquid
LOH (d)	5.8 ± 1.1	7.4 ± 1.5	7.3 ± 1.6	1.71 ± 2.04	1.68 ± 1.85	4.18 ± 2.86	6.75 ± 3.37
TLOH (d)	7.5 ± 3.5	8.2 ± 2.4	8.2 ± 2.6	4 (3-6)	4 (3-5)	5.92 ± 2.978	8.71 ± 4.995
Recurrence of pain (n)	15	12	14	6	4	4	3

LOH: Length of hospitalization; TLOH: Total length of hospitalization.